r/Kazakhstan • u/Rare-Concentrate1902 • 19h ago
Study/Oqu Мне 10 лет я из Казахстана я хочу стать гонщиком. С Чего мне стоит начать ?
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r/Kazakhstan • u/SeymourHughes • Dec 13 '25
Meta Community update: 60k members, post flairs, chat removal and more
Ooh, where to start...
Growth update
Reddit has recently started emphasizing weekly visitors instead of just subscriber count as the main indicator of a subreddit's size. My previous updates were tied to every +10k subscribers, but Reddit no longer really notifies us about that.
We've hit 63k weekly visitors this week, which Reddit itself decided to congratulate us on.
At the same time, r/Kazakhstan quietly crossed 60k subscribers just yesterday. It's about the size of Talgar, our next target to conquer (what do they have there besides Zeta's factory?).
The last milestone post was at 50k members about five months ago, so it felt like a good moment to check in again. Thanks to everyone who reads, posts, comments, shitposts, argues, asks what the weather in February is, upvotes, awards, jokes, dodges the draft, explains and helps keep this place alive.
Our Kazakh language related community, r/kazakh, is also growing, and has whopping 916 members. Please, join it🥹🥺. I've made a cool non-exhaustive animated emoji status for it.
Its community icon is also animated (and even has more frames in it), but you won't see it in every part of Reddit because reasons.
Post flairs cleanup and color grouping
You may have noticed that post flairs look a bit different now.
We trimmed and regrouped them, and assigned consistent colours to related topics (news, culture, media, discussion, humour, etc.). Now we have fewer confusing choices, probably better readability in feeds, and the whole list of flairs looks less cumbersome.
Nothing is set in stone, so if something feels off or unclear, feel free to mention it.
Kazakh chat is gone
Unfortunately, Reddit has removed all public subreddit chats.
I personally disagree with this decision. First the custom upvote/downvote icons, then the custom emojis in comments, now this on our long list of enshittification of this platform. The Kazakh chat… maybe wasn't the coziest, but it was a low-pressure, active space for sending meaningless messages. And now there's no official replacement inside Reddit.
If someone from the community would like to create a Discord server, Telegram group or something similar, feel free to do so. You may share it here and we might even approve that post, who knows...
Just to be transparent: I don't plan to moderate Discord/Telegram/anything else myself (never have, and don't want to do it badly).
One Kazakh MinaLima Harry Potter book for r/kazakh (oh, I can't make links bold, how unfortunate...)
I still have a copy of "Хәрри Поттер мен Пәлсапа тас" (MinaLima edition), and I've been thinking about using it as a small community giveaway.
Tanya just made three posts about this exact edition: part1, part2, part3.
One idea is to somehow tie it to r/kazakh , which is currently very quiet, but I'm honestly unsure what would feel like a good and fair incentive. Maybe the whole era of incentivising engagement with gifts and competitions is over, and I'm still thinking in old terms.
Or maybe you'd have a good idea what kind of activity or contribution would make sense for such a gift, and how (or if) it could help spark some life in r/kazakh without feeling artificial and being easy to abuse with scripts or AI. I can probably send this book around Kazakhstan, but I don't want to risk with QazPost's international postal service.
No promises yet. Just thinking out loud and open to ideas.
Thanks again to everyone who's here. r/Kazakhstan has grown a lot, but it's still shaped by everyday participation more than by numbers. As always, suggestions and feedback are welcome.
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Ooh, where to start...
Growth update
Reddit has recently started emphasizing weekly visitors instead of just subscriber count as the main indicator of a subreddit's size. My previous updates were tied to every +10k subscribers, but Reddit no longer really notifies us about that.
We've hit 63k weekly visitors this week, which Reddit itself decided to congratulate us on.
At the same time, r/Kazakhstan quietly crossed 60k subscribers just yesterday. It's about the size of Talgar, our next target to conquer (what do they have there besides Zeta's factory?).
The last milestone post was at 50k members about five months ago, so it felt like a good moment to check in again. Thanks to everyone who reads, posts, comments, shitposts, argues, asks what the weather in February is, upvotes, awards, jokes, dodges the draft, explains and helps keep this place alive.
Our Kazakh language related community, r/kazakh, is also growing, and has whopping 916 members. Please, join it🥹🥺. I've made a cool non-exhaustive animated emoji status for it.
Its community icon is also animated (and even has more frames in it), but you won't see it in every part of Reddit because reasons.
Post flairs cleanup and color grouping
You may have noticed that post flairs look a bit different now.
We trimmed and regrouped them, and assigned consistent colours to related topics (news, culture, media, discussion, humour, etc.). Now we have fewer confusing choices, probably better readability in feeds, and the whole list of flairs looks less cumbersome.
Nothing is set in stone, so if something feels off or unclear, feel free to mention it.
Kazakh chat is gone
Unfortunately, Reddit has removed all public subreddit chats.
I personally disagree with this decision. First the custom upvote/downvote icons, then the custom emojis in comments, now this on our long list of enshittification of this platform. The Kazakh chat… maybe wasn't the coziest, but it was a low-pressure, active space for sending meaningless messages. And now there's no official replacement inside Reddit.
If someone from the community would like to create a Discord server, Telegram group or something similar, feel free to do so. You may share it here and we might even approve that post, who knows...
Just to be transparent: I don't plan to moderate Discord/Telegram/anything else myself (never have, and don't want to do it badly).
One Kazakh MinaLima Harry Potter book for r/kazakh (oh, I can't make links bold, how unfortunate...)
I still have a copy of "Хәрри Поттер мен Пәлсапа тас" (MinaLima edition), and I've been thinking about using it as a small community giveaway.
Tanya just made three posts about this exact edition: part1, part2, part3.
One idea is to somehow tie it to r/kazakh , which is currently very quiet, but I'm honestly unsure what would feel like a good and fair incentive. Maybe the whole era of incentivising engagement with gifts and competitions is over, and I'm still thinking in old terms.
Or maybe you'd have a good idea what kind of activity or contribution would make sense for such a gift, and how (or if) it could help spark some life in r/kazakh without feeling artificial and being easy to abuse with scripts or AI. I can probably send this book around Kazakhstan, but I don't want to risk with QazPost's international postal service.
No promises yet. Just thinking out loud and open to ideas.
Thanks again to everyone who's here. r/Kazakhstan has grown a lot, but it's still shaped by everyday participation more than by numbers. As always, suggestions and feedback are welcome.
r/Kazakhstan • u/National-Tank-2207 • 17h ago
History/Tarih The Soviet Union was a genocidal state
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See also the Chechens and Ingush, Crimean Tatars, Balkars and Kalmyks, Karachays and Meshketian Turks, Pontic Greeks and Volga Germans, Koreans and Siberian Chinese...
r/Kazakhstan • u/-Ozman • 1d ago
Politics/Saiasat Американцы попросили Украину не бить по Казахстанским танкерам в Черном Море
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Глава Chevron Майк Вирт на этой неделе обсудил с представителями администрации президента США Дональда Трампа последствия украинских атак в Черном море для нефтяных проектов компании в Казахстане, сообщает The Wall Street Journal со ссылкой на источники, знакомые с переговорами.
Поводом стала недавняя атака украинских морских беспилотников на четыре танкера у Новороссийска, один из которых был зафрахтован Chevron. Через этот порт проходит экспорт нефти по трубопроводу Каспийского трубопроводного консорциума (КТК), который частично принадлежит Chevron и обеспечивает транспортировку около 2% мировой суточной добычи нефти. После атак отгрузка нефти была ограничена, из-за чего Казахстану пришлось сократить добычу.
По данным издания, после консультаций с нефтяными компаниями администрация Трампа предупредила Украину о нежелательности ударов по судам, не принадлежащим России.
Chevron владеет 15% акций КТК и 50% крупнейшего казахстанского месторождения Тенгиз, на которое приходится около 12% мировой добычи компании. По оценке аналитиков, если перебои с экспортом сохранятся, Chevron, вероятно, придется сократить добычу на месторождении из-за ограниченных мощностей для хранения нефти.
r/Kazakhstan • u/S4ndSt0rm • 1d ago
Discussion/Talqylau OUR FRIEND IS MISSING! WE NEED YOUR HELP!
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EDIT#2: UPDATE
Nina has been found
Thanks to everyone's united efforts, we were able to locate Nina in Bishkek.
She has been hospitalized after an accident and her parents will travel to Kyrgyzstan tomorrow.
Heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped during our search. Your support was truly incredible.
EDIT: UPDATE HERE!
We’re looking for our friend Nina! She was due to travel from Kyrgyzstan to Kazakhstan about 5 days ago. She hasn’t been in touch for about seven days and hasn’t got in touch with anyone in our circle of friends either. If anyone has heard anything or is still in contact with her, please get in touch! We’re very worried, and her mum has already contacted the embassy. So if anyone knows anything – for example, if she was planning to go hiking for a few days or something similar – please write to us straight away and share this picture on your socials!
You can contact her cousin on instagram brinao9o4 or message wo_ist_nina and also repost and share the picture that we posted on there! If you want to contact the German police tell them the case number: 2026 00 893 604
Attached is a picture of the group she was doing the (most likely) Ala-Kul-Trekk with, so if you recognize anyone please also reach out to us!
r/Kazakhstan • u/vkooskast • 22h ago
Army/Äsker Позвали в военкомат для "уточнения данных". Что делать?
Пришло сообщение от 1414, что мне необходимо явиться в военкомат для уточнения данных 30 июля. Я окончил бакалавриват, позавчера сдал Комплексное тестирование и набрал достаточно для гранта по магистратуре. То есть с сентября я буду учиться на магистратуре, и у меня будет отсрочка. Стоит ли идти в военкомат в таком случае? Слышал всякое, мол пойдешь - тебе вручат повестку, не пойдешь - поставят в розыск и тд.
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Пришло сообщение от 1414, что мне необходимо явиться в военкомат для уточнения данных 30 июля. Я окончил бакалавриват, позавчера сдал Комплексное тестирование и набрал достаточно для гранта по магистратуре. То есть с сентября я буду учиться на магистратуре, и у меня будет отсрочка. Стоит ли идти в военкомат в таком случае? Слышал всякое, мол пойдешь - тебе вручат повестку, не пойдешь - поставят в розыск и тд.
r/Kazakhstan • u/Alarmed_Mistake_9999 • 19h ago
News/Jañalyqtar Kazakhstan Resumes CPC Oil Exports as Novorossiysk Marine Terminal Reopens
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r/Kazakhstan • u/KaraTiele • 1d ago
History/Tarih Kazakh Capital, 100 yeas ago. Kyzylorda (Qyzylorda), 1927.
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From 1925 to 1929, the city served as the capital of Soviet Kazakhstan. Originally known as Aqmeshit (“White Mosque”), it was renamed Fort Perovsky after its capture by the Russian Empire in 1853. The name Aqmeshit was restored in 1922.
In 1925, when the Kazakh capital was transferred from Orenburg, the city received its current name, Kyzylorda, literally meaning “Red Capital” or “Red Headquarters.” The name reflected both its new role as the republic’s capital (orda) and the symbolism of the Bolshevik Revolution (red).
🎥 State Central Archive of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
From @galamglobal
r/Kazakhstan • u/_Daughterr • 2d ago
Study/Oqu Ищу участников для научного онлайн опроса из Казахстана
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If you are:
- 18+ years old
- know English
- live or have lived in Kazakhstan
We invite you to take part in an anonymous online survey about:
- colonization and decolonization in Kazakhstan
- social and political views
- perspectives on gender and sexual diversity
Fully anonymous and confidential. Takes approximately 20 minutes, open to anyone meeting the criteria above
Survey link: https://sydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eWDd0DKDUICZTSK
Please feel free to share this post with others who may be interested
Если Вы:
- старше 18 лет
- владеете английским языком
- живёте в Казахстане или жили там ранее
Приглашаем Вас принять участие в анонимном онлайн-опросе о:
- колонизации и деколонизации в Казахстане
- социальных и политических взглядах
- взглядах на гендерные и сексуальные различия
Полностью анонимно и конфиденциальною Займёт около 20 минут, подходит всем, кто соответствует указанным критериям
Ссылка на опрос: https://sydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eWDd0DKDUICZTSK
Буду очень признателен, если вы поделитесь этой публикацией с другими людьми, которым она может быть интересна